Archive for March, 2009
Diggin’ the Herb Garden
I might be a little cavalier about the herb garden. I consider it to be an independent entity, surviving on its own in spite of neglect, or because of it. Herbs are tenacious and tolerant, therefore, perhaps correctly, sometimes taken for granted.
I could probably be a wee bit more attentive. Recently I had to question [...]
Two Lemons & A Chicken
I’ve made her version which involves putting one or two lemons, pricked many times with a fork, inside the chicken, and roasting as usual…. She puts pieces of stale bread in the pan with a chicken while it’s roasting, drizzles a little olive oil, salt and pepper on top.
Herbs, the Garden’s Green Tonic
An herb garden is a place for growing seriously healthy food that isn’t merely adornment and flavor. Yes, herbs are attractive and flavorful, but that stereotype limits our recognizing their most respectable characteristic – that they carry a huge nutritional wallop.
It isn’t a precious garden – some attention is required in the spring, cleaning up [...]
Spinach in White House Garden, Beets Vetoed
Don’t you just love waking up to good news on the front page of the newspaper? Spring is officially here and and Michelle Obama celebrated by inviting twenty-three fifth graders to help begin digging up a section of the South Lawn at the White House for an organic vegetable garden. This is the first time [...]
With Eggs, Leeks & a Poem, Spring Arrives
Spring arrives today in the northern hemisphere, Easter in a few weeks, and I have eggs in mind, a Spanish-style omelet. I bought the most recent dozen from Stoney Plains Organic Farm, gorgeous fresh eggs with a yolk vivid enough to sweep away winter doldrums. Hail Spring!
The explanation for the hefty price of free-range eggs [...]
March Madness + BBQ
When asked where I went to college, I usually answer by just saying “Carolina.” I’m often met with a blank stare. Then comes the insulting question, “Is that North or South Carolina?” I’m always shocked and will often say, “You know, the UNC Tarheels, does Michael Jordan ring a bell? Every March, much to Charlie’s [...]
Corned Beef & Cabbage Instead
Today’s post was supposed to be about the herb garden, the ease and benefit of a little herbal domain. Instead corned beef nosed its way into town along with potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, and snow. The Irish will have their way today and herb garden confabulation will happen next week instead.
Part of our extended Peruvian [...]
Whey To Go, Cream Cheese
I really don’t know what to call this mild, wonderfully creamy concoction I made while in the process of making whey for my homemade breakfast cereal. It’s somewhere between sour cream, cream cheese and creme fraiche. I’ve heard it called yogurt cheese but that doesn’t quite describe the nature of this creme de la creme.
I [...]
Winter’s Crab Salad
We have a state bird, a flower, a song, a fish, a gem, vegetable, tree, fossil, insect, dance, grass (I’m not kidding) . . . why not a state crustacean? It would have to be Dungeness crab.
The mind can run with this. Our state’s crustacea on license plates. Our next b-ball team would be the [...]
Spring Forward to Homemade Cereal
This morning we were all supposed to “spring forward” for Daylight Savings Time. This is a practice filled with reluctance and controversy at our house. Why exactly are we doing this again? When I was growing up, the myth I heard was that it gave farmers extra time to work in the fields at the [...]
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